Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

elizabeth ortof MD

5,000 individuals · submitted September 23, 2021

About this report

Dr. Elizabeth Ortof reported that her laptop was stolen from her office. The laptop contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 5,000 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. During the course of the investigation, OCR determined that Dr. Ortof is not a covered entity as defined by the HIPAA Privacy Rule and subsequently closed its investigation.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
elizabeth ortof MD
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
5,000
Submission date
September 23, 2021
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Laptop
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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